A cover does help me to stop and check it out if it is romance, mystery/thrillers and some more. I get books for 2 sisters and 2 of my daughters so a cover tells me a lot. Sometimes i pass along the link since they all read so fast and they order themselves as well.

A review, particularly from someone I trust and who likes the same sort of genre, can make the difference between my buying or rejecting a novel. Covers not so much as they differ from country to country, from publication to publication.

Good reviews and the blurb on the back will often entice me to buy a new book. While the cover will cause me to pick up a book and read the blurb, I'd never buy a book based on the cover. Now that I read so much on my Kindle, a great cover is just a waste. I can only appreciate it if I holding a print copy in my hand.

If the source of the review is someone or a publication that I respect I will put the book on my list of to be purchased and I buy according to the list....Covers usually do not matter much to me....I appreciate the art of a good cover but it does not influence me...

I usually just read the back of the book or inside the cover to determine if I'll be interested in reading it. I don't judge a book by the cover and just because someone else may or may not like a book doesn't mean I'll feel the same.

"How often do you purchase a book after reading a recommendation and does a great cover convince you to buy something?" I will become interested in lots of books after seeing them on blog, but whether I see something on a blog or at an online store, I really need to be intrigued by a great cover, especially one that's a bit wacky and different!

A great review or recommendation will often get me to take a look at a book, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'll buy it, so maybe fifty percent of the time. I've definitely been guilty of some cover buys.

That's really hard to tell, but usually it takes several recommendations before I will buy a book. And as much as book covers can lure me in, I think what's between the covers is more important, so I'd never buy a book because of a gorgeous cover design without knowing what it's about.

I tend to do a sweep of amazon as they always know the authors I buy! I do look at recommendations on goodreads as well, especially as I'm doing the challenge of 100 books and am only 18 ahead - need more reading time, get to 150 this year lol!!

I rarely buy books from recommendations but I do sometimes borrow those books from the library to see if I might want to buy them. I've never bought a book because of its cover, they are pretty much irrelevant to me - its the contents that matter. I might pick a book up and read the synopsis as a result of its cover but, other than that, covers really don't interest me. Rafflecopter entries are in my real name NIKKI HAYES, thanks for another great giveaway :o)

I do listen torecommendations, I often buy them by that reason. As for covers... I totally judge a book by its cover! LOL However, it only draws my eye, I have to read the blurb and probably check the author too. But pretty covers are one of my kryptonites. :-P